Election judge gets jail time for accepting ballots from 11 unregistered voters
Timothy M. Scouton received 30 days in jail and five years of probation after a plea deal dropped one felony charge.
- Timothy M. Scouton, a head election judge from Nevis, Minnesota, received a felony sentence from the Hubbard County Ninth District Court on June 15 for accepting 11 unregistered ballots.
- Serving as head election judge for Badoura Township, Scouton accepted 11 ballots from unregistered voters in violation of the Election Day Act, though investigators confirmed registration forms were available at the town hall.
- Anthony Bussa of CJB Law argued in a June 12 letter that Scouton's "conduct was not done with ill intent or malice." Scouton pleaded guilty in March 2026, dropping a second felony charge.
- Scouton received a 12-month commitment to the St. Cloud Minnesota Correctional Facility, stayed for five years of probation, and must serve 30 days in Hubbard County Jail starting in four weeks with credit for four days served.
- Training records from July 2024 confirm Scouton completed required basic and head judge coursework, as verified by a Hubbard County Sheriff investigator, while serving in Badoura Township.
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Election judge gets jail time for accepting ballots from 11 unregistered voters
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — A Northern Minnesota election judge was sentenced to 30 days in Hubbard County Jail for accepting 11 ballots from unregistered voters in the 2024 general election. Timothy M. Scouton, 65, of Nevis, Minnesota, will get credit for four days served. A 12-month commitment to the St. Cloud Minnesota Correctional Facility was stayed for five years. Scouton was also placed on supervised probation for five years. Sentencing was deli…
Badoura Township election judge sentenced to jail time
Timothy M. Scouton, 65, of Nevis, was sentenced to 30 days in Hubbard County Jail for accepting 11 ballots from unregistered voters in the 2024 election, a felony offense. He’ll get credit for four days served. A 12-month commitment to the St. Cloud Minnesota Correctional Facility was stayed for five years. Scouton was also placed on supervised probation for five years. Sentencing was delivered on June 15 by the Hubbard County Ninth District Cou…
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